Popular singer Hamisu Breaker and TikTok influencer Abubakar Ibrahim, also known as G.Fresh, have been sentenced by a Federal High Court in Kano for mishandling the Nigerian currency.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) brought the duo before Justice Sale Musa Shuaibu, accusing them of Naira abuse.
The court proceedings revealed that Hamisu Breaker had thrown ₦200 notes, amounting to about ₦30,000, during a party in Hadejia, Jigawa State.
G.Fresh was also said to have thrown bundles of ₦1,000 notes at a shop opening event in Tarauni, Kano.
Naijaonpoint reports that both pleaded guilty to the charges.
The court ruled that they would each serve five months in prison unless they paid a fine of ₦200,000.
The judgment comes amid ongoing efforts by authorities to stop the abuse of the country’s currency.
In other news, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has apprehended 25 students of Bayero University Kano (BUK) over alleged involvement in internet fraud, following a sting operation carried out on Monday in Kano State.
The anti-graft agency’s spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja, confirming that all the suspects are undergraduates of the university.
According to Oyewale, the suspects were picked up opposite the university’s new site after weeks of surveillance based on credible intelligence.
“The arrest followed actionable intelligence linking the students to suspected cybercrime activities. All suspects apprehended are confirmed to be undergraduate students of BUK,” he said.
The EFCC said the operation led to the recovery of various digital devices and a vehicle believed to have been used in carrying out fraudulent activities.